ID this cray please

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Jimmy16

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Probably just a color morph of the common cray.
 
Cherax peknyi, its from Paupa New Guinea (the Fly River Drainage). Cool crayfish, don't get tagged by the claws, though, they've got some serious power for their size.
 
I think its Cherax Sp Papuanus... I love this kind a lot, some known as Cherax Peknyi :)

Kingdom: [COLOR=blue !important][FONT=inherit !important][COLOR=blue ! important][FONT=inherit ! important]Animalia[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR]
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Parastacidae
Genus: Cherax
[COLOR=blue !important][FONT=inherit !important][COLOR=blue ! important][FONT=inherit ! important]Species[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR]: Cherax Misolicus / Cherax Sp / Cherax Sp Papuanus / Cherax Sp Tiger / Cherax Sp Zebra / Cherax Sp Asia Tiger / Cherax Peknyi

Local Name / Other Name : Huna / Huna Tiger / Udang Selingkuh / Lobster Papua / Cherax Papua / Cherax Sp / Cherax Sp Papuanus / Cherax Papuanus / Cherax Sp Tiger / Papua Tiger / Tiger Papua / Zebra Papua / Papua Zebra / Cherax Misolicus/ Cherax Sp Asia Tiger / Cherax Asia Tiger / Cherax Peknyi / Cherax Yellow Tiger / Cherax Asia Yellow Tiger / Cherax Rainbow / Zebrakrebs / Fly River

[COLOR=blue !important][FONT=inherit !important][COLOR=blue !important][FONT=inherit !important]Natural [/FONT][COLOR=blue !important][FONT=inherit !important]Habitat[/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR] Cherax Zebra / Yellow Tiger : Ayam Maro River, Sorong, West Papua / Irian Jaya, Indonesia

[COLOR=blue !important][FONT=inherit !important][COLOR=blue !important][FONT=inherit !important]Water [/FONT][COLOR=blue !important][FONT=inherit !important]temperature[/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR] range : 20 - 26 °C,

PH 6.5-7.5

Cherax Yellow Tiger / Zebrakrebs is Scavenger species

Naturally up Cherax Zebra to 15 Cm in size

Cherax Zebra / Cherax Tiger Male Bigger than Female

Body Color Cherax Zebra / Yellow Tiger : Black White Yellow Orange, like Zebra or Tiger

It's from Papua part of Indonesia not from New Guinea, which is basically in the same island but Papua more to the west. If you look at the island model, Sorong is in the "Bird Head" like figure of the island.
 
it looks AWESOME lol.
i want one.
too bad i can't keep it with my smaller africans...don't have a tank for him otherwise..
 
hmm, after looking at the cherax peknyi information they appear to be the same species as cherax misolicus. while i may be in error, i wonder if someone could clarify the differences, or if they are just different names for the same species
 
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